Greg Minton vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Greg Minton
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Minton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Minton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.62 and 1.549 for Faustino Valdés. By the career numbers, Greg Minton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Minton and Faustino Valdés

Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
5.65
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.47
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.52
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.58
47.58
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.19
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
3.1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3392
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1130.2
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
8.61
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.34
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
3.84
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.96
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.81
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.15
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4810
38.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
40.5
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.3
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
3.6
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.43
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.59
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.22
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4202
33.45
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
34.85
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Greg Minton and Faustino Valdés

Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
5.65
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3392
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1130.2
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.76
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
2.08
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
2.94
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.83
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.48
96.48
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Minton and Faustino Valdés

Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
712
3501.64
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
506.56
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
541.67
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
73.77
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.86
23.9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
103.28
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
118.03
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.18
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.51
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
73.77
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
16.22
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
39.34
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.67
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
40
196.72
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Greg Minton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Greg Minton
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100